Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>Of course a company with some forsight would have been constructing a new exciting attraction for DAK then close Everest to minimize the damage. But that company is long gone.<<< If they don't want to loose capacity, that's what they need to do.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Unfortunately to repair the yeti's platform, they have to actually remove a section of the track to get the yeti out. Thus it will be a while. ----- so basically it will not be fixed until the first major 'down time' for EE comes about.
Originally Posted By DlandDug I have no idea if I ever saw the yeti in full glory. I do know the first time I rode EE I was baffled by the "What was that?" moment near the end. I did make a point of walking the entire queue. I very much enjoyed the level and degree of theming that was used to create an expectation that there was something major in our immediate future. Indeed, once the ride began, I kept watching and watching-- despite the fact that the coaster was pretty intense. That there was NO pay off to all the expectation was a major let down for me. And the few times I have ridden since have done nothing to erase the disappointment I felt.
Originally Posted By DlandDug In fact, I would almost go so far as to say that Expedition Everest is like a Walt Disney World vacation in microcosm. Years of expectation... fueled by massive promotion... an emphasis on surface gloss (pixie dusting?)... and a sense of let down when the reality of the place sinks in.
Originally Posted By sjhym333 When the Yeti was actually working it was an amazing effect with the Yeti making a swipe at the car.
Originally Posted By ChiMike I agree with doug. Even working, it was anticlimatic. Horrible, horrible placement of that show scene
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<That there was NO pay off to all the expectation was a major let down for me. And the few times I have ridden since have done nothing to erase the disappointment I felt.>> THANK YOU! Listen, I loved the yeti when he was fully working, but there's no way in hell EE is this master stroke of Imagineering so many fans make it out to be. All detail in the queue, basically none during the ride, and an unsatisfying, abrupt ending.
Originally Posted By ReelJustice ^^I would be curious to know how much Rhode wasted...er...spent on the queue.
Originally Posted By leobloom Doug, you took the words out of my mouth re: the big reveal of the Yeti. He should still work simply on principle (and any motion is better than nothing). But there's a number of elements that could've been improved on Everest's ride design.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <In fact, I would almost go so far as to say that Expedition Everest is like a Walt Disney World vacation in microcosm. Years of expectation... fueled by massive promotion... an emphasis on surface gloss (pixie dusting?)... and a sense of let down when the reality of the place sinks in.> DlandDug, I think that's your most cynical posting ever. And I think I love you.
Originally Posted By Manfried I agree on wasting, er spending all that money on the queue space. If a ride is popular, then go back and spend money on the queue line. Don't waste the budget on it up front. WDI needs to get rid of this over done queue line obsession.
Originally Posted By ChiMike ^^ They need to get rid of a lot of obsessions. They're completely out of touch.
Originally Posted By Manfried Like reusing the same music over and over in all their parades, fireworks shows and spectacles.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>I agree on wasting, er spending all that money on the queue space. If a ride is popular, then go back and spend money on the queue line. Don't waste the budget on it up front. WDI needs to get rid of this over done queue line obsession.<< Sorry, but I disagree with this somewhat. If the budget is there, then do NOT undercut the experience by offering a half baked show. While I am troubled by the nicely appointed and themed queues but crappy ride (Kali rapids come to mind).. the standard that Disney Co so much preaches would require them to offer a fully immersive experience. Take TDS' Journey to the Center of the Earth, for example, where the queue is just as spectacular as the ride. From the moment you arrive at that volcano, you are already surrounded by the realistic setting of being in some far away and fantastic place. So why should Disney offer one aspect of the attraction over another as manfried suggested? If you can't do the ENTIRE experience right the first time, then don't bother at all. Also, you all seem to miss the point that if the queues now a days seem more elaborate and expansive... well.. I blame that on Fastpass and the idiots that are pro-FP. Considering the unnecessary clutter Fastpass brings to some rides.. someone in Imagineering is obviously trying to make up for those long stand by lines with a little eye candy show while guests sit stagnant for long whiles while waiting on stand by queues. Bottom line: Disney has created their own problems, and continues to create more as they have to find solutions to problems they created by changing the way guests experience the parks. This is the hallmark of incompetent management, and arrogance as well since they refuse to beleive they are doing a mediocre job, reason why nothing will improve and why IMHO..WDW is doomed for eternity.
Originally Posted By dshyates I love fully immersive queues. I am not really loving the slap activated noisemakers and water playground "interactive" queues.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Of course you are not. These are intended for hyperactive brats and hormome driven teenagers in the queue, not the adults!!!
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 <<I love the queue, the back-story, and the climb up the mountain. But once I'm in the mountain all I care about is the coaster ride.>> Interesting. That's a perspective to think about, and it poses a fascinating question: Can Disney create true magic just by creating an inventive introduction to what turns out to be an otherwise-standard thrill ride experience?
